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A GROUP OF TEN SILVER REPOUSSÉ PILGRIMAGE AND DEVOTIONAL PENDANTS, PHUL, LATE 19TH-EARLY 20TH CENTURY
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09月10日 下午5点 开拍 / 09月08日 下午3点 截止委托
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A GROUP OF TEN SILVER REPOUSSé PILGRIMAGE AND DEVOTIONAL PENDANTS, PHUL, LATE 19TH-EARLY 20TH CENTURY
This lot is a museum deaccession and is therefore offered without reserve

India, Deccan, probably Maharashtra. Comprising three pendants depicting a hero brandishing weapons and riding a horse, one of circular shape and two of rectangular form with a foliate-arched top; one of similar form depicting Durga riding a lion; four rectangular phul with cows surrounded by numerous calves, framed by ornate borders; one of circular form incised with a mother goddess; and one of rectangular shape depicting three kings. Each set with either one or two large loops. (10)

Provenance: Galerie Hardt (established in 1976), Radevormwald, Germany, before 2020. Acquired by the gallery’s founder Peter Hardt (b. 1946) during his extensive travels in Asia, the first of which occurred during a formative world tour in 1973. Throughout his storied career, Peter Kienzle-Hardt organized countless exhibitions and participated in major international art fairs. He made many important contacts during this time and eventually met the Kienzle siblings, who shared his passion for Asian art and culture. A strong bond and deep friendship developed, ultimately leading to the creation of the Museum für Asiatische Kunst decades later in 2014. While the museum’s permanent exhibition predominantly comprised pieces from the Kienzle Family Collection, Peter Kienzle-Hardt supplemented it with objects from his own collection. Before his death in 2019, Horst Kienzle bequeathed his entire property to Peter and legally adopted him as his son, who has been using the name Peter Kienzle-Hardt ever since.
Condition: Good condition with expected wear, traces of use, and manufacturing irregularities. Few minuscule nicks, light warping, remnants of pigment, encrustations, expected tarnish. Each with a good, naturally grown patina.

Weight: 126 g (total)
Dimensions: Height 3-6 cm

Phul (or phool) means ‘flower’ in several North Indian languages, including Marathi, which is spoken in much of the northern Deccan. While the word traditionally refers to floral forms, it has also come to describe small devotional pendants, offered metaphorically like flowers to a deity. In curatorial and collecting contexts, phul often refers to cast metal pendants bearing sacred imagery, worn for protection, devotion, or as tokens of pilgrimage.

This group most likely originates from Maharashtra, where such pendants were produced by silversmiths in pilgrimage towns. Their iconography—featuring deities, animals, and folk motifs—reflects the blended devotional landscape of the Deccan, and their modest materials and forms point to their use as accessible, portable religious objects for everyday worshipers.

Literature comparison:
Compare four closely related silver phul, dated 19th-20th century, in the National Gallery of Victoria, accession numbers 2013.173 (depicting three kings), 2013.216 (with folk hero), 2013.217 (with folk hero), 2013.200 (incised with mother figure), and 2013.207 (with cow and calves).

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拍品估价:200 - 400 欧元 起拍价格:100 欧元  买家佣金: 35.00%

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